Description-

When excavating a deep carious lesion and risking pulpal exposure, the use of a rubber dam is strongly recommended to prevent pulpal contamination from oral fluids. The dam eliminates saliva from the operating site and retracts the soft tissue.

In dentistry, the use of a rubber dam is sometimes referred to as isolation or moisture control.

• Used to isolate a tooth or teeth from the oral environment and to prevent migration of fluids or foreign objects into or out of the operative field
• Provides a dry, visible and clean operative field
• Made from Natural Rubber Latex

INDICATIONS:

• It is used mainly in endodontics fixed prosthodontics (crowns, bridges) and general restorative treatments.
• Its purpose is both to prevent saliva interfering with the dental work (e.g. contamination from oral micro-organism during root canal therapy)
• Used to keep filling materials such as composite dry during placement and curing.
• Used to prevent instruments and materials from being inhaled, swallowed or damaging the mouth.

ADVANTAGES:

• Provision of the dry clean operating field.
• Improvement of access and visibility by eliminating tongue, lip, cheeks, and saliva from the operating field.
• Retraction and protection of soft tissues.
• Prevention of inhalation and ingestion of foreign bodies.
• Improved properties of dental materials.
• Aid to patient management.
• Aid to cross-infection control by reducing the aerosol spread of micro-organisms.
• Minimization of mouth breathing during inhalation sedation procedure